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US Car of the Year: Dodge Charger Sixpack wins

Gareth Whitfield • September 25, 2026

The pivotal word here, friends, is ‘car’. The American motor industry barely builds them any longer. Ford, for example, has...

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Vinegar and Bicarbonate of Soda: Why Mixing Them Does Not Clean Better

Gareth Whitfield • September 25, 2026

People switching to natural cleaners often reach automatically for vinegar and bicarbonate of soda. It fizzes, it bubbles and it...

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Hennessey Venom F5 Revolution Evo review

Gareth Whitfield • September 25, 2026

I know the protocol: start gently, understand the power delivery and move progressively through the driving modes before finally selecting...

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What Cleaning as You Cook Can Reveal About Your Personality

Gareth Whitfield • September 25, 2026

What may lie behind this habit surprises even experts. While some people are left facing a chaos of pots, bowls...

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Defender Octa vs Ford Raptor T1+: Dakar rally track test

Gareth Whitfield • September 25, 2026

The OCTA is finally where it belongs – or, at least, in the environment it was created to tackle. This...

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Clean Your Hob With Lemon and Bicarbonate of Soda

Gareth Whitfield • September 25, 2026

The answer may be closer than you think: in your kitchen. When grease and burnt-on food have built up on...

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Sukhpal Singh Ahluwalia, Euro Car Parts and his classic car collection

Gareth Whitfield • September 25, 2026

When Sukhpal Singh Ahluwalia was only 13, Ugandan dictator Idi Amin announced that God had told him to remove around...

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White or Sticky Marks on Laundry: How to Prevent Detergent Residue

Gareth Whitfield • September 25, 2026

Freshly washed favourite clothes should come out of the machine looking brilliantly clean. Yet white marks or sticky residue can...

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Frank Stephenson reviews the Polestar 5 design

Gareth Whitfield • September 25, 2026

Frank Stephenson is a car designer whose successes outnumber those of the Beatles, with work including the Escort RS Cossie,...

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Ventilate between 10:00 and 14:00 to prevent mould at home

Gareth Whitfield • September 25, 2026

Cooking, showering and drying laundry all raise humidity levels indoors. Ventilate incorrectly, or at the wrong time, and mould is...

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BMW M Neue Klasse: the electric M3 arrives in 2027

Gareth Whitfield • September 25, 2026

Do not alter your display. No, it is not a misprint. BMW M is getting ready to introduce an all-electric...

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Mixing Baking Soda with Orange Juice: A Household Cleaning Tip

Gareth Whitfield • September 25, 2026

Mixing baking soda with orange juice is a household tip used to clean surfaces, reduce odours and leave a light...

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Ford Mustang Dark Horse SC: The New Extreme Pony Car

Gareth Whitfield • September 25, 2026

‘Son of GTD’. Or perhaps its brother. That is the easy shorthand, yet the new Mustang Dark Horse SC proves...

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How to Clean Tiles with Bicarbonate of Soda and Water

Gareth Whitfield • September 25, 2026

In many homes, kitchen and bathroom tiles gradually build up grease, soap residue and grime, leaving surfaces looking dull and...

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Why the Apollo Evo Does Not Need to Be Road Legal

Gareth Whitfield • September 25, 2026

While keeping a sensible distance from the Apollo Evo - lest its razor-edged, downforce-obsessed bodywork carve me up like a...

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McLaren McL 6GT revives the M6GT with a manual gearbox

Gareth Whitfield • September 24, 2026

If your McLaren knowledge extends further than ‘F1’, you may recall founder Bruce McLaren’s journey with the beautiful M6GT. Much...

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10 diesel cars with the most AdBlue problems

Gareth Whitfield • September 24, 2026

Some diesel cars appear more prone than others to breakdowns and AdBlue faults. Here is a top 10 of the...

Woman holding a box with cleaning supplies in a bright living room with a donate box and decluttered items on the floor.

Spring Cleaning: The 15-to-20-Hour Plan for a Complete Home Reset

Gareth Whitfield • September 24, 2026

Open the windows, let fresh air in and send winter packing: that is exactly how organising professionals describe spring cleaning....

Grey Mercedes-AMG hatchback drifting on a race track, producing smoke from the rear tyres.

Mercedes-AMG A45 Final Edition: farewell to the world’s wildest hot hatch

Gareth Whitfield • September 24, 2026

The world’s most powerful hot hatch is gone. Thank goodness. So, what exactly did that whole episode teach us? If...

Person wringing a wet cloth over a white bucket on a wooden floor with cleaning spray and folded cloths nearby

How to Wring Out a Mopping Cloth Properly

Gareth Whitfield • September 24, 2026

It is Saturday morning, the sun is casting low light across the kitchen tiles, and you think, “Today I’m going...

Matte black classic Porsche 911 with gold wheels and a large rear wing parked inside a garage.

Gunther Werks GXR-Evo is a 455bhp air-cooled 911 track weapon

Gareth Whitfield • September 24, 2026

Gunther Werks, the California-based Porsche 911 remastering specialist, focuses exclusively on the 993 generation. It has already reworked plenty of...